Please read the license agreement in the file License.html before
using the package.  The terms are essentially that you can use the
product without fee to write new software, but you can't distribute
NetComponents(TM) as an independent software unit without first negotiating
a licensing agreement with ORO, Inc.  In other words, you can't bundle
NetComponents(TM) with a set of development tools.  Please read the license 
agreement for the exact details.

This is the 1.3.7 version of NetComponents(TM), an Internet protocol
suite Java library from ORO, Inc.  We are always looking for feedback
so we can improve future versions.  This version supports Finger, Whois,
TFTP, Telnet, POP3, FTP, NNTP, SMTP, and some miscellaneous protocols like
Time and Echo as well as BSD R command support.  The 1.4 version was
originally scheduled to include an IMAP4 implementation, but given that
the JavaMail API reference implementation includes an IMAP4 implementation,
we are not particularly convinced that you will chose to use our 
implementation over JavaSoft's.  If you would like us to go ahead with
an IMAP4 implementation, please send email to suggestions@oroinc.com.
We may create an implementation of the JavaMail API, which would use the 
NetComponents SMTP, NNTP, POP3, and IMAP4 classes as the
"system plumbing"/transport layer, but that will depend on use demand.
In the meantime, version 1.4 will include extended NNTP and SMTP classes,
implementating commands from IETF Drafts that are not present in the
RFC's.  We will also add extended commands that are well-supported in
servers to the other protocol packages.

After version 1.4, NetComponents will split into three product lines.
There will be a free version of NetComponents including everything in
version 1.4, a for-sale version of NetComponents including things like
DNS and RPC implementations, and of course, NetComponents Pro, providing
GUI JavaBean clients.

Our philosophy is to make the global functionality of a protocal accesible
(e.g., TFTP send file and receive file) when possible, but also provide 
access to the fundamental protocols where applicable so that the programmer
may construct his own custom implementations (e.g, the TFTP packet classes
and the TFTP packet send and receive methods are exposed).

The distribution consists of the following directories:

o doc/    - A placeholder for a future user's guide
            (to appear in a version after 1.4).
o doc/api - javadoc generated API documentation.
o doc/examples/ - Example code.
o com/    - The NetComponents(TM) class files (in com/oroinc/net/) and
            some supporting io files (in com/oroinc/io)

All files in the archive containing this README file except for the javadoc
images (which are Copyright Sun Microsystems) are Copyright 1997-1998
by ORO, Inc.  All rights reserved..

To use the package add the directory containing the com/ directory to
your CLASSPATH or add the NetComponents.jar file to your CLASSPATH.
Macintosh developers should add the NetComponents.jar file to their CLASSPATH
because NetComponents contains class filenames that exceed 31 characters
in length.

Send all bug reports to bugs@oroinc.com.
Send all questions about how to use the NetComponents(TM) to
support@oroinc.com.
Send all suggestions you may have about what you'd like to see in future
releases to suggestions@oroinc.com.

You can get the latest information about NetComponents(TM) and other
ORO products from the ORO, Inc. web site at http://www.oroinc.com/
